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..... ......... Meditation, Chi Kung & Spiritual Culture ........................................ in the Age of KundaliniSat, 29 Jun 2013 22:31:47 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on So far… by Ashtar Commandhttps://lightningoak.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/so-far/#comment-953
Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:31:47 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1772#comment-953Thank you!
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Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:23:56 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1772#comment-952Cheers Ash. Sorry not able to contribute more right now but this is one of those moments when life throws a lot at once… still reading you though. (Ashtar’s Amazon reviews for those who were not aware…)
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Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:15:24 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1772#comment-951Welcome back! ;-)
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Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:06:44 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-948See most recent post.
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Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:01:44 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-947Thanks. Just curious–why are you choosing to move away from the historical cultural focus? And what are you moving towards?
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Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:55:45 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-946You’re right, that stuff isn’t on this list.

Click the link for “Series: ‘Spiritual but not Religious in 2012′” (either at the top of the page or on the right panel). The posts for that series will come up in reverse order. The final post, which comes up first, has a reading list.

The first book and free video lecture on the list will fill your requirements to some degree as will the one about “understanding unchurched America”, should you be interested in America. A couple of the others might be good too if you look them over.

There’s a more detailed story to be told from the cultural point of view but I now haven’t got the time to tell it… I’m going to move away from the historical cultural focus. May have to edit the Henderson review accordingly!

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Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:25:19 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?page_id=17#comment-945I really liked your comments in the thread on Eisenstein’s The Ascent of Humanity. At the end of your amazon review of the Henderson book (I’m considering reading that one on the strength of your recommendation), you mentioned that at your website you write on the history and culture of SBNR. I am not so far locating recommended reading in this area easily here. Perhaps I’m not looking in the correct places or understanding what you mean by this topic. I am new to SBNR and would appreciate a recommendation or two on beginner level, broad scope works on the history and culture of this phenomenon.
Thanks, Bob
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Tue, 07 May 2013 13:49:19 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1720#comment-917Are there differences in the philosophies of ancient and modern Epicureans?

I would say definitely. For one thing, I don’t see too many modern Epicureans claiming the gods exist, and can be seen by a mind at peace.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 13:31:30 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1720#comment-916Hmmm.

As a gardener and lover of all things simple, I found those websites fearfully wordy, and therefore, a distraction from the simplicity that they espouse :) Too bad. I was so intrigued! But honestly, I couldn’t bear to more than skim the articles.

I wonder – what Epicurus himself would have thought of his philosophy presented in the somewhat cold, impersonal medium of the interwebz?

What would he say about the modern agonies over diet, which could be a simple matter of what is available from one’s own garden and local region and is enjoyed?

“When I am in contact with my soul, I don’t necessarily need words” – Exactly how I feel in my garden. Soul is content when body is, and vice versa. When my body has good clean work to do my mind thinks without words. And if I have pain from working, it’s good pain (well, sort of!)

“But of course I focus on plenty of other things that many Epicureans wouldn’t like, especially not now..”

Did you mean the things you are focussing on now, or Epicureans as they are now? Are there differences in the philosophies of ancient and modern Epicureans?

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Sat, 04 May 2013 09:06:27 +0000http://lightningoak.wordpress.com/?p=1656#comment-911There’s a lot to share on that of course… I always feel I don’t want to define too clearly and it’s a cultural series too… but yes, there are definitely things to say.